ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,950, issued on March 31, was assigned to ClearPoint Neuro Inc. (Solana Beach, Calif.).

"Trajectory planning for minimally invasive therapy delivery using local mesh geometry" was invented by Lyubomir Zagorchev (Burlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for determining surgical trajectories (including target points and entry points) for delivering therapy to a patient's brain using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the patient's brain (including the patient's scalp, skull, and brain) adapted from imaging data (e.g., MRI data, CT data, etc.) of the patient's brain."

The patent was file...